TW200307628A - Method and device for attaching pouring elements to packages and packages produced accordingly - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a device are shown and described to apply pouring elements (7) to packages, especially to rectangular multi-layer composite packages for liquids. To facilitate an automated application of a pouring element (7) to be introduced through a stamp opening (3), a stamping station (S) is provided, where an opening (3) is stamped into a fed-in unfolded tube (2) to receive a pouring element (7), as well as a station (A) to apply the pouring elements (7) to the openings (3) prepared in the stamping station (S). If applicable, other stations (F, D) are provided for the preparation of the package bottom and the filling as well as the closing of the finished package, or for extracting packages that either have not been provided or have not been properly provided with a pouring element (7), with at least one rotatable transport means (11) that is rotated by a respective angle corresponding to the number of stations (S, A, F, D) being provided to transport at least one respective tube (2).

Description

200307628 (1) Description of the invention: Technical field of the invention of the invention] The present invention relates to a method and device for attaching a pouring element to a package, especially a square package for liquid made of a multilayer composite material. Packaging made in this way. Beverage containers designed as multilayer composite packages are known in a variety of forms, such as flat composite packaging boxes with two ends tapered and narrowed. They are mainly used to hold cold, sterile, hot, sterilized liquid contents. 10 In order to improve the handling of these composite packages and, in particular, to achieve re-closability, re-closable pouring elements have gradually been provided on these composite packages. The pouring elements can be designed as a single or multiple components, and usually have an opening element and a cover. Almost all packages on the market today have reclosable pouring elements. For example, the EP 0580593 B1 15 patent discloses a composite packaging with a pouring element, which can be used to open the packaging for the first time, and is provided with a suitable closing element for re-closing. A notch is provided in the area of the cardboard layer, and the outer PE layer of the composite material of the package is used to seal the ridge material, and an opening element is integrally connected to the pouring element, and can be pressed into the Open the package with 20 cutouts in the package material. Also, some known packaging pour elements have screw-on closures. In this case, it was previously known that the screw-type. Closure (still in closure) was attached to the packaging, or the closure was fixed through the opening in the head region of the multilayer composite packaging Is usually connected to the inner 200307628 wall with a flange. Especially when the latter pourer is attached, if the screw cap pouring element is installed after the packaging is filled, the problem may easily arise because the product and / or the container and / or the pourer to be attached, etc. There may be health problems. [Summary of the Invention] Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to design and develop the aforementioned method and corresponding device, so that the pouring element attached to the package can be automatically installed through a punched opening. The purpose of the present invention can be achieved by a method having the following steps: 10 Feed the folded box sleeves; if necessary, separate and prefold first, and expand the box sleeves into individual rectangular sleeves ; Sending at least one set of tubes to a punching station to punch an opening containing the pouring element into the sleeve; 15 sending at least one set of tubes to a station to punch the pouring element before loading The openings made by the station; the bottom of the package; and the finished package is filled and closed. According to the present invention, it has been found that even if the pouring element is installed 20 before the bottom of the package is made, the manufacturing process will be simplified, because when sterilizing, according to the present invention, the packaging is performed immediately before the package is filled. And the pouring element which has been installed and fixed to the wall of the package earlier will be sterilized at the same time. The device for solving the above-mentioned problems according to the present invention includes a stamping 200307628 station, where: for Rongnong-the opening of the pouring element will be punched-sent into the open casing, and the other-the station The pouring element can be installed in the flushing station J: into the opening, if necessary, there are other stations that can be used to make the bottom 5 of the packaging and seal the completed packaging, and the rotatable Count: The clothing set is used to convey the at least one set of tubes, which can be rotated around an angle according to the number of stations. The conveying device of the same I: can accommodate most of the boxes through the packaging boxes of the stations. 15 Closure in this case. In the other embodiment, the pouring elements are spiral seals: the package spin closure has an attached screw cap. This means that the diameter of the opening is corresponding. The outer diameter of the screw-on cover. In order to fix the pouring element, b the inside of the package has a flange, which is preferably glued or recorded in another version of the present invention-in the preferred embodiment, it is provided with —Stand to get the equipment :::: = ， 元. ， 装 —, Said, M sets of officials, a shaft to turn 180. And for delivery to an anvil wheel, This place will iu the bottom of the bag. Another disclosure of this υ is to provide another station to detect the attached or improperly installed casing. Not properly disposed_ on the conveyor until they reach the When screening stations, the field or pneumatic device is to be removed by the transport device. It is preferably 'the transport device has four stations, and most of the trees are filled with rhyme, etc. The arrangement is along the transport. One of the blocks of the device is arranged on the outside. Clothing 20 200307628 Du Bao Clothing Material Section has been unfolded to move to the teleportation space, so the teleportation device will have-on the quilt to stop receiving-1 to find a clothing unit Finally, the present invention is related to the shape-shaped packaging, which is the right angle of the clothes of the right-eye clothing, and the back of the box has a screw flange and a special injection element, especially Yes — :::: recloseable screw-on closure, and according to the aforementioned coffee main ##, the _injection element can be fixed to the _ of the sleeve, so that the flange of the bracket is roughly the same as the The _ flush end of the sleeve ίο = Packaging sleeve that is already equipped with a pouring element, the = =: = Γ__ A stone occupies the block to seal the bottom of the package. Brief description of the drawings 15 Each picture = purchase only thing __ is explained below. The schematic Γ diagram and the three-dimensional perspective of one device of the present invention along the material flow direction = is the first Figure 1 ... Another alternative embodiment of the method r along the direction of material flow j «The processing sequence of the method of the present invention can be explained as follows: Brother 1 Figure is not shown at a punching site ^ Qi Dou Jia A & Station S, there is Many folded flats: fed into a spreading station (not shown) to cover the packaging box with the core limb rectangular sleeve 2 and then transferred to-the punching unit 4 at a position of ° to the punching opening Hole 3. The multi-layer composite will also be removed by the stamping unit 4 in the press station S. ^ 20 The box sleeve 2 with a punching opening 3 will be sent to a station A to install these Pour element 7. The feeding of the delta element 7 in the station a is done by feeding rails (not shown), and a plunger 8 will transfer the pouring element 7 at the end of the rail to a tool 9, It will introduce each pouring element 7 into the packaging sleeve 2 and insert the pouring element 7 from the inside of the opening 3 to the outside. The tool 9 will form an anvil for the tapping process. In the subsequent tapping process, the flange of the pouring element 7 will be moved in an axial direction and has an opening that can receive the screw cap 10 (sonotrode). On the multilayer composite material around the holes 3.

In the presently preferred embodiment shown, the transfer of the packaging sleeve 2 from stations A and / or S to stations F and / or D is performed by a transfer device u, and the device 11 is manufactured Into a square rotatable table. On the outside of the turntable is provided a receiving device, which is not described in detail, and can receive two sleeves 2 on one side of the embodiment. The sleeves 2 嗣 will be transferred from the station a where the pouring element is installed to the transfer device η at the F station of the rotating W, and the F station will transfer the packaging sleeves 2 to the downstream device to make The bottom of the packaging box is formed, and the completed packaging box is filled and closed. In this case, the packaging sleeve 2 shown in the embodiment in FIG. 2 is rotated by 180 about the horizontal axis by the borrow-transfer device. However, the stone block which is embedded in a stone wheel 13 is clear. For clarity, only two parallel standing blocks of the stone wheel 13 are shown. ", If the packaging sleeve 2 still being transported and loaded as it is, can be inspected by a suitably designed sensor 14 before being turned over. The pouring element is installed locally 200307628, it will be special it works. If the sensor 14 detects that the pouring element with the sleeve 2 is not installed at all or is not installed properly, the sleeve will be retained on the conveying device 11 and rotated by 90 ° to a D station. Detect the defective product. This is the packing sleeve 2 'schematically shown in Fig. 2. Piston / cylinder 5 unit 15 (only shown schematically) can be used for inspection. It should be readily understood that the apparatus of the present invention can save space and operate at a faster cycle rate, since each rotation is only 90 °. In this way, the peripheral processing tools can be kept fixed, so for the transfer of the sleeves 2, only a small mass has to be moved. 10 [Brief description of the drawings] Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a device of the present invention along a material flow direction; and Fig. 2 is another schematic perspective view of the device in Fig. 1 along a direction opposite to a material flow direction. 15 [Representative symbols for the main components of the drawing] 1 ··· Fold the packing box cover 10… Sound vibrator 2… Sleeve 11… Transfer device 3 ··· Opening 4_ ·· Stamping unit 12… Horizontal shaft 5 · ·· Punch plunger 13 ... Stone occupying wheel 6 ··· chip 7 ··· Pour element 14 ... Sensor 8 ... Plunger 15 ... Piston / cylinder unit 9 ... Tool 10

Claims (1)

200307628 Scope of application and patent application :: The method of attaching a heavy main component to a package, especially a liquid-shaped composite packaging box, which includes the following steps: Feed the folded flat box sleeve (1 ); 5 If necessary, separate and flip, and then unfold the box sleeves ⑴ into separate rectangular sleeves (2); transfer at least-the sleeve ⑺ to a dusting station ⑻ to contain the pouring element The opening (3) of ⑺ will be punched into the sleeve ⑺. The driver will transfer at least one set of ⑺ to a station ⑷, and the pouring element ⑺10 $ will be made into Liyu Chong Mo Station ⑻ Inside the opening (3); making the bottom of the packaging box; and filling and closing the finished packaging box. ] 1 200307628 内 In the opening (3) made by ⑻ ', if there are other stations, if necessary, the bottom of the box can be made, and the completed box can be filled and closed', and a rotatable conveyor The device ii) can be rotated at an angle corresponding to the number of stations provided to transmit at least one set of tubes (2). 57. The device according to item 6 of the patent application is characterized in that an additional station (F) is provided to transfer the casing ⑺ with the pouring element ⑺ to the downstream unit. & The device according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, characterized in that the downstream unit is set as a transfer unit to enable the casings to pivot around the -axis, and the # casing is sent to- Bribe) to make the bottom of the box. I 9 · The device according to any one of claims 6 to 8 of the scope of patent application, characterized in that an additional station (D) will be set up to screen for the lack of pouring elements (7) or the improper installation of pouring elements (7) ) Of the sleeve (2). 15 The device according to any one of items 6 to 9 of the scope of patent application, characterized in that each station (s, A, F, D) is provided with a plurality of receiving devices to receive the pipe (2). U. If applying for a full-time m item 1G attack, it is characterized in that the transmission device (11) has four stations (s, A, F, D). 20] ^ j, 2 · The device according to any one of the items in the scope of patent application, which is characterized in that there are a large number of accommodating devices at the square and each station (S, A, F, D). 13. The device according to item 11 or 12 of the scope of patent application, characterized in that the accommodating devices are arranged along the outside of a block in the conveying device (u). M. As in item 6 to 13 of the scope of patent application The device of any one of the special features 12 200307628 The transfer device (11) has at least-the upstream device can unfold the packaging box sleeve into a sleeve (2 J. 15.-a kind of packaging material ' The compound packaging box is provided with a pour element with a -tightening edge, especially "a screw-type closure that can be released with a screw cap", and is any one of the items in the scope of patent applications ^ to 5 16. The package according to item 15 of the patent application, characterized in that the pouring element is attached in such a way that its flange ends flush with the inner wall of the sleeve (2). Inside the casing (2).